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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AUSTRIAN COLLECTION
PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919)
Paysage du Midi
Details
PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919)
Paysage du Midi
signed with the artist’s initial ‘R’ (lower left)
watercolour, pen and India ink and pencil on paper
12 x 12 1⁄8 in. (30.4 x 30.7 cm.)
Executed in 1885-1886
Paysage du Midi
signed with the artist’s initial ‘R’ (lower left)
watercolour, pen and India ink and pencil on paper
12 x 12 1⁄8 in. (30.4 x 30.7 cm.)
Executed in 1885-1886
Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris, by whom acquired directly from the artist.
Sam Salz, New York.
Marina Salz, New York, a gift from the above, and thence by descent; sale, Christie's, New York, 9 May 2000, lot 306.
Jan Krugier, Geneva, by whom acquired at the above sale, and thence by descent; sale, Sotheby's, London, 24 June 2014, lot 138.
Private collection, Austria, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Sam Salz, New York.
Marina Salz, New York, a gift from the above, and thence by descent; sale, Christie's, New York, 9 May 2000, lot 306.
Jan Krugier, Geneva, by whom acquired at the above sale, and thence by descent; sale, Sotheby's, London, 24 June 2014, lot 138.
Private collection, Austria, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Literature
A. Vollard, Tableaux, Pastels & Dessins de Pierre-Auguste Renoir, vol. II, Paris, 1919, p. 151 (illustrated).
G.-P. & M. Dauberville, Renoir: Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles, vol. II, 1882-1894, Paris, 2009, no. 1627, p. 576 (illustrated; with incorrect medium and dated 'circa 1890').
G.-P. & M. Dauberville, Renoir: Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles, vol. II, 1882-1894, Paris, 2009, no. 1627, p. 576 (illustrated; with incorrect medium and dated 'circa 1890').
Exhibited
Palermo, Palazzo dei Normanni, Renoir e la luce dell'impressionismo, June - July 2002, p. 76 (illustrated; dated '1888'); this exhibition later travelled to Rome, Palazzo di Montecitorio, December 2002 - January 2003; and Trieste, Museo del Canal Grande, January - March 2003.
Vienna, Albertina, Goya bis Picasso. Meisterwerke der Sammlung Jan Krugier und Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, April - August 2005, no. 57, p. 144 (illustrated p. 145; titled 'Südliche Landschaft' and dated 'circa 1885-1888').
Vienna, Albertina, Goya bis Picasso. Meisterwerke der Sammlung Jan Krugier und Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, April - August 2005, no. 57, p. 144 (illustrated p. 145; titled 'Südliche Landschaft' and dated 'circa 1885-1888').
Further details
This work will be included in the forthcoming Pierre-Auguste Renoir digital catalogue raisonné, currently being prepared under the sponsorship of the Wildenstein Plattner Institute, Inc.
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